Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Orlanda

Autor Jacqueline Harpman Traducere de Ros Schwartz
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2025
'THE '90S GENDER SWAP NOVEL YOU NEED TO READ NOW' (NEW YORK TIMES), FROM THE AUTHOR OF I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN
There's a voice in Aline's head: a voice that wants out.
Brash, boisterous and sexually adventurous, this voice seems to be the antithesis of Aline, a prim literature professor for whom each day promises to be as quiet and conventional as the last.
That is until, after thirty-five years of imprisonment, her alter ego breaks free.
Taking on a life of his own, Orlanda - Aline's second self - slips into the taut, rugged body of a young man. As Aline continues unaware, Orlanda follows, dragging gleeful chaos in his wake, vowing to leave both their existences forever altered.
A bewitching fable, an androgynous dream, Orlanda is one woman's reckoning with all the hidden sides of her soul.
---
READER REVIEWS - JOIN THE ORLANDA OBSESSION:
'Hilarious, life affirming, haunting...truly perfect in prose, plot, and concept. Just wow'
'A powerful novel, witty, wicked and teasing'
'It's the perfect book'
'This is the second book I've read by her and it's another masterpiece'
'Reading this has confirmed Jacqueline Harpman as one of my favourite writers I've ever encountered'
Citește tot Restrânge

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 19 octombrie-02 noiembrie

Livrare prin curier în România Termenul estimat este afișat lângă disponibilitate.
Transport gratuit de la 40000 lei Plată online sau ramburs, în funcție de opțiunile comenzii.
Retur gratuit în 14 zile Comandă securizată și suport în română.

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781644215166
ISBN-10: 1644215160
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 138 x 208 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Seven Stories Press

Notă biografică

JACQUELINE HARPMAN (1929-2012) was a Belgian author of over fifteen novels. Born in Etterbeek, Belgium, she fled to Casablanca with her family during the Second World War. She studied French literature and trained to become a doctor but was unable to continue her medical studies after contracting tuberculosis. Harpman began writing in 1954, and wrote over fifteen novels, winning numerous prizes, including the Prix Médicis (Orlanda), the Prix Victor-Rossel (Brève Arcadie), among others. I Who Have Never Known Men, originally published in French in 1995, was the first of her books to be translated into English. Orlanda was first published in 1996.

ROS SCHWARTZ has translated numerous works of fiction and non-fiction from French, including several Georges Simenon titles for Penguin Classics, a new translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince and, most recently, Mireille Gansel's Translation as Transhumance. The recipient of a number of awards, she was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009 and received the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence in 2017.

ISLE McELROY is a writer based in Brooklyn. Their debut novel, The Atmospherians, was named a New York Times Editors' Choice; and their second novel, People Collide, was named a best book of 2023 by Vulture and the New York Times Critics' Pick. Their writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Vulture, GQ, Vogue, and The Atlantic, among other publications.